I personally believe that was the real driving force behind right to work in Michigan. You can try to pick off individual fraudsters here and there but it takes years and real effective punishment is rare. Better to go after the much needed money it takes to fund it and Michigan unions provide some $250 million to democrats every year.

I wish a couple more states would go on the offense and do the same as a means of dividing democrat forces. It really made Obama look damn weak and impotent in Michigan.

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posted on 01/23/2013 8:35:13 AM PST
by cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)

The reason that Democrats (and Republicans, too) push so hard for infrastructure spending is that any project that receives any federal funding must specify union only jobs, not just union, but prevailing wages. In WA State, the stimulus money that was supposed to go for insulating homes, putting in thermapane windows, etc, was shut down over the fact that WA prevailing wages were not as high as NY prevailing wages. All the money was spent, but only two homes were actually insulated.

Why bother? No one likes union goons except white liberal elites. Goons can be useful for totalitarians. They wash each other's filthy hands...

The industries unions have taken over tend to die or get shipped overseas. Except government workers - and that's where the battle's going to be joined. As the United States starts paying the price for being broke, government union members will be pitted against the taxpayers they're robbing. That's going to get ugly.

Watching those in the beltway living high on the hog while real people are paid much less for equal work is not going to sit well...

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